Dead end

"No!" said Gemma. "I have to go! My sister - Megan - oh!" She bit her lip and felt tears well-up. She fought to regain control of herself and finally managed in a desperate whisper: "She's all I have."

"What abut your parents?" demanded Blake.

"Blake," said the one called Raini. She stared at him with wide eyes, as though she thought he was being stupid. "They could have... Like our parents."

"My parent got eaten." i said. "by the monsters. I have to save my sister!"

He sighed. "Okay."

**sorry, bit rushed. Anyone wanna join them**

HELLOOO!!!!!!!!

I'm back from Cali!!! Sorry to those of you that didn't know I was gone I'll just finish this up and I'll catch up on EVERYTHING and post, I PROMISE!!!

It's good to be home ^^

~Rayne

Mikael

I marched calmly into the room and looked at the mauled leg of the woman. She was arguing with Blake about going outside.
"You aren't going anywhere" i said calmly drawing myself up to my full height. It had been a while since my marine level fitness but i was still imposing.
"But my sister!" She cried out as she tried to stand again.
Great, family. That always brings out the crazy in people.
"Alright if were going to do this we need a plan. I want a description, last known location and numbers of monsters in the area. Then and only then will i think about starting some crazy expedition to save your only possibly alive sister." I sat down by a standard issue metal desk and began disassembling and cleaning my shotgun.

Raini

"Excuse me?" I asked, stomping up to the man, hands on my hips. Blake looked alarmed and ready to hold me back.

"You heard me. No one leaves until we have a plan. Maybe not even then," he answered, not looking at me.

"I beg to differ. I am not your prisoner. If Blake was left behind, I would flip! I don't care what you say, I am going," I replied.

"Raini, just-just calm down for a second," Blake said, soothingly. I glared at him.

"No. I'm helping this woman and that is final," I said. Blake pursed his lips and glared at Mikael.

"Thanks a lot. Now she's going to go," Blake sighed. I rolled my eyes. I was going to go anyway.

"We need a plan. It's too dangerous. She could be dead already," Mikael replied, glaring at me now.

I stood on my tip toes, trying to make myself a little bigger. Damn, my short height!

"I don't care. I have to go help the woman. It's better to know what happened than to just leave her sister, dead or alive," I answered. Gemma shuttered at the thought.

"Gemma, you have to stay here," I sighed. She couldn't get hurt.

"No. I'm coming too."

I nodded. I know it would be impossible to sway her otherwise. She seemed just as close as Blake and I were.

"Fine. But you stay with Blake and I'll search the areas," I said, a plan forming.

"No way Raini," Blake replied. I cocked an eyebrow.

"Why? It makes perfect sense. You could protect Gemma better than anyone. She's the one who needs it. I'm the smallest one here, so it would be easy for me to manuvere around things and to hide. I'll have my blades with me just in case. It fits, Blake," I smiled. No one spoke. They all knew it worked, but Blake didn't like it. He didn't like it at all.

Mikael

"Are you really sure about this?" I asked looking around the room. "Are you really willing to walk out that door into the face of a city over run with monsters in some ridiculous attempt to save someone you don't even know or know if their alive?"
"Why do you keep saying that?" Sobbed Gemma. "Shes not dead! I would know ok? I would feel it in my heart."
Her choice of words tugged a few hearts strings. When id been serving my tour in Afganistan one of my men had gone missing in a firefight. I had ordered a search and rescue even against the advice of my officers. We had found him. still alive with an immobalising leg wound.
"Alright but if we are going to do this were not walking." I turned and opened the door. "Follow me."
I marched down a long corridor and opened a large steel hatch. Beyond it was a hangar brimming with vehicles in various states of repair. Equipment was strewn around the room and the smell of death hung faintly on the air.
"Welcome to hangar 99." I said simply. My men had died here when the monsters attacked. At the time i had been working in my garage but i still felt responsible, almost as if, had i stayed more of them might have survived. I pointed to a jeep with a .50 cal built in to the back.
"Thats a lot safer than walking. Try not to shoot unless you have to and when we get to here location you get in and out asap. Is that understood?" I expected a chorus of well disciplined yes sirs from my men. Then i remebered that they would never reply to me ever again.

Raini

I shook my head. "Listen, Mikael, you're all about weapons and guns and whatever else. I can't do it," I replied.

He looked at me like I was stupid. "Then stay here. It would probably be better that way."

I grit my teeth, but Blake spoke up. "Yeah! Raini it would be a lot better for you to stay here and-"

I cut him off. "And what? Sit around? No. That's not what I meant. All this stuff will make way too much noise. Something that will attract the monsters and you know it."

"So what do you suggest we do then? We'll be safer this way," Mikael sighed. "You don't understand."

"The hell I don't!" I yelled. "Don't talk to me like you know so much more. While you were kicking back in here, Blake and I were scrounging around for food and shelter. We hardly slept and we had to defend ourselves, except we didn't have all this stuff."

Blake looked at me like I had a second head. I never got upset like this. I calmed down. "Listen, this isn't a battle of who had it worse. We are trying to save a little girl and the only way to do that is on foot. I'll have knifes, which Blake taught me to use, and I can fit in small hiding places. I should go alone."

"No," Blake said. "That's not happening."

"Agreed. No one person is going out alone," Mikael replied. Blake glared at him. There might be some rough spots between those two.

"But don't you see? This will be the easiest way," I said, begging them to see.

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Blake

"No Raini, that's enough," Blake said, shaking his head. "The vehicles might be loud, but it's better than going on foot."

"Ugh!" she shouted. "Blake stop being stupid. I know you're smart. Listen, if we go out in those things, we're dead. I don't care how many guns he has, eventually we'll run out of bullets. do you think their more monsters or bullets?"

I rolled my eyes. "Raini, sometimes you may think you're being brave and doing the right thing, but mostly you're just acting foolish. Now stop acting childishly and let's think of a plan to get this girl and get out."

Rani gasped. I had never talked to her this way and I could see how mch it hurt. The only person she loved and trusted, insulting her and not standing up for her. I shook it off. I had to keep her safe.

Tears sprang in her eyes. I willed myself not to look at them. Raini never cried. Ever.

"I'm going Blake," she said, defiance in her voice. "I'm going because I know it's the safest way. When I leave, you won't. You'll come after me, which means you'll be safe."

My eyebrows knit togerher. What was she talking about? Then it hit me, but she had already taken off, heading for the exit.

Someone grabbed my arm before I could run after her. I shook it off. Raini couldn't go off alone. I had a strong feeling that if she did, she wouldn't come back here.

Wow...Kaila kinda fell out of this, didn't she? No matter ^^ She'll save Gemma's sister

Kaila-

I closed my eyes tightly and, gathering all the energy I had left, I leaped up and over one of the monsters' heads. I laughed as they stood there, completely stunned and unsure of what had happened.

I sprinted back towards my apartment building and just as I rounded the corner inside, I head the screams of the now even more angry monsters. I raced up the stairwell, taking it two steps at a time.

I was passing the floor just below mine when a soft whimpering noise came to my ears. I stopped immediately and listened. It was coming from a room somewhere on that floor. I groaned and ran through into the hallway, listening to the sound and making my way towards it.

Finally, I got to the room and burst inside. There was a scream and a clatter. I walked slowly towards the sounds and in one of the bedrooms, I saw a trembling, whimpering, sobbing cardboard box.

"Hello?" I called. The sounds and motions stopped immediately. "I'm not a monster. I heard your crying and I'm here to help. I promise." Very, very slowly, a head appeared behind the box. I raised an eyebrow and watched the girl, who stared back at me fearfully.

"Are you hurt?" I asked her. She shook her head slowly. I nodded. "Well, I'm on the floor right above this. I've just come back for supplies. You'd better come with me."

"I'm waiting for my sister," she said quietly.

"Where is she?" I asked.

"...I - I don't know..." she responded sadly.

"Well come with me. I'll just get a few things and then I'll help you find her." The girl sat quietly for a minute before nodding and emerging from the box. "What's your name?" I asked her as we made our way towards my floor.

"Megan," she replied.

I nodded. "I'm Kaila."

We eventually got to my room and I ran around quickly, grabbing every weapon I could find - knives, guns, ammunition, etc. I put them all in a small sack and grabbed Megan's hand as I raced back down the stairs.

Just as we bolted out the door of the stairwell, I ran into someone.

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Arya, if you want to put your character in there, you can Or someone else, it really doesn't matter

Mikael

Raini set off, closely followed by Blake. I grabbed his arm but he shrugged me off.
"Blake come on." He didn't look back.
"Blake come on listen to me. Get in the car. We can catch her up before she is anywhere near." I could almost see his resolve wavering.
"Come on. She was right about them hearing us, but we can out gun them and as long as were quick we will be fine." Finally his shoulders sagged and he sprinted back towards the vehicle.
"You drive, i'll shoot." He said calmly leaping into the back.
A few moments later we were blasting around the city.
"Remind me again," i called through the two way radio. "What was her last location?"
"West side ... apartment 10 ... second flo ..." crackled Gemma.
I slammed on the breaks as we drew infront of the apartment block.
"Blake stay here. I'll be right back." I brought my G363c around and headed up the stairs. On the landing i crashed into Raini and what i presumed was Gemmas sister.
"Down stairs in the car now."
"I'm not going anywhere in that thing!"
"Don't argue. If you don't move now your brother is dead." I turned away and ran down the stairs.

Skull: Raini didn't save Gemma's sister... Kaila did

*Sorry i got a little bit confused :/
Just write whatever you think appropriate*

*I wanna revive this*

Name: Megan
Age: I've changed it from 21 to six or seven. :S
Gender: Female
Personality: VERY quiet and shy. You won't get many words out of her, and she likes to keep Gemma in her sights. Gemma is all she has left (like Megan is all Gemma has left) and Megan can get a little jealous when Gemma's attention is diverted from her. She loves older girls, but older guys scare her a little. She can be quite sweet and is actually quite innocent.
Appearance: Eyes: dark blue, like Gemma's.
History: Same as Gemma's. Parents eaten by monsters. Megan saw it, as Gemma had ordered her to hide under the bed, but she went into the living room when she heard her mum screaming. Gemma grabbed her hand and they both ran from the house. Megan never went back, although a week later, Gemma did to get clothes and all the food she could find. She wouldn't talk to Megan about what she'd seen.
Other: Not up for love.

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Megan

The woman grabbed her hand. "Come on, Megan. I'll take you to your sister-"

A man appeared. He was scary looking, so Megan squeezed Kaila's hand tighter, and half hid behind her.

"Oh!" Kaila exclaimed, surprised.

"Gemma's sister?" he asked sternly, glaring at her. Megan hid behind Kaila even more.

"No," she replied in a tone where the 'idiot' went unsaid. "She is probably her sister." She glanced at Megan as Kaila stepped away, exposing her to the man's hard gaze. She spoke to Megan in a gentler voice, "Didn't you say you were looking for your sister, Megan?"

Megan shook her head furiously and tried to hide behind Kaila again. She wanted to see Gemma, but she didn't want to go with that man. Megan was happy to stay with Kaila for a while, until Megan turned up.

It didn't matter if she'd said 'yes' or not. There was a horrible snarl from behind them, like a ferocious dog that'd had its sleep disturbed by trespassing kids. Megan screamed and clutched at Kaila, frantic as she realised a monster was creeping towards them.

"Don't scream!" Kaila hissed. "You'll attract more!"

"It's okay," said the man. "There's only one. I can take care of it." He started to reach for something shiny, but froze when his gaze fixed on three more that had emerged from the depths of the shadows.

"Run!"

**Thought the man was Mikael, and Raini was in the car...**

Can we have s short recap if anyone wants to keep this going except EmmaJane ("Thank you EmmaJane")

**Most everyone is at 'base' which Mikael founded. It keeps most safe and they have shelter and food. Right now Raini is on her own, but she'll join the fight. Your character is either at the shelter on on her own. (:**

Raini

I heard the commotion and new instantly Megan had been saved, but they were in danger.

"Blake!" I screamed, running. I grabbed the dagger from the front of my pocket and ran towards the others.

The monster, grotesque and ugly, were surrounding them. Two were heading for Mikael, some woman and, what I assumed to be, Megan.

I threw herself on the back of the monster and slit his throat. It screeched adn tried to claw at her and ran her into the wall. I lost my breath from the impact and slidto the floor.

"Raini, get up," someone growled, helping me up.

"Get. Off. Me." I said angrily, shoving them away. "I can take care of myself."

I was still breathless, but I was ready to fight again.

"Megan!?" I called. She was with that same woman. The woman seemed to be holding her own against her monster, but she looked like she could use some help. Megan was holding back tears.

"Megan," I sighed, when I reached her. "I'm Raini, now I need you to go to the car, okay."

"Why?" She asked, looking back towards the other woman. She obviously wanted to stay with her.

"Because I came to take you back to your sister, alright. Please, just come to the car. Let's get you safe," Raini said kindly, taking her hand and leading her away.

Megan

"Raini. That's a pretty name," she said as she followed the new woman. Raini smiled and replied,

"Megan's nice, too. C'mon, just walk a bit more quickly. Be careful you don't trip."

"Okay."

Megan heard the snarls as she escaped with Raini and she shivered, glad she was being taken away from them. She hoped Kaila would be okay. But she was big, like Gemma, so she should be fine. Her small bubble of hope disappeared as she thought of her parents.

They'd been bigger but the monsters had still taken them to heaven.

Megan wanted to go to heaven; Gemma had said there were no monsters there to hurt Mummy and Daddy any more. She'd said that to Gemma, and Gemma's face had turned to stone. She'd grabbed her arms so hard it hurt, and then told her in a scary voice that Megan had ages before she joined Mummy and Daddy. But Megan still wanted to go.

They escaped the building, but Megan saw no car. Unease started to spread through her as Raini led her into large, black shadows. Megan trusted her though; she was like Gemma.

Something glittered a little in the darkness and Megan recognised a large, metal shape. The car? It was the car; she knew for sure when Raini popped open one of the doors.

"Raini!" came a surprised voice from inside.

Megan found herself being pushed in, the battered, leather seats soft under her hands and knees. She looked up through her hair and saw a man who looked like Raini staring at her. He was pretty too.

"Blake!" snapped Raini as she jumped into the passenger seat and slammed the door shut. "Radio call Gemma or whatever you do to stay in contact; we've got Megan. She's fine."

"Where's Mikael?"

"He's-"

Something dark slammed into the side of the car. Their heads snapped around to see something dark rise over the window next to Megan. White teeth covered in dripping, red drool scraped over the glass. Foul breath fogged over the window. Megan screamed and threw her hands over her ears at the shrill squealing sound of the monster's teeth against the glass. Something bumped them on the other side of the car. Blake swore as another shape loomed over them. Then another appeared behind them. Then in front.

They were surrounded.


**for a bit more drama. Chase, saved by M & K, or some totally crazy idea...**

Wow...heh heh it's been awhile XD

Kaila-

I was too busy with the monster in front of me to keep making sure Megan was okay. Then, I heard another woman taking her away, and my mind split in half. Should I take her back? Or trust the lady? That she was taking Megan to a safer place than here?

I drop-kicked the monster in the stomach and snapped its neck before looking in the direction that the girl had taken Megan. They were going towards a car in the far distance. But beyond the car, very, very far away, I could see approaching figures. No doubt, they were more monsters. I looked towards the other man who had met me and Megan at the bottom of the stairs. He was busy with his own monsters. I let a low growl escape my throat.

"Enough..." I snarled, and grabbed my pack.

Out of it, I produced two rifles, with which I unloaded lead into each monster's head around me. The man looked over at me and I nodded towards the car, too shaken-up to say anything. He nodded with understanding and we raced towards it. As we got closer, we discovered that it was surrounded with monsters. My eyes widened and I threw the man a gun. We both blasted the living daylights out of the monsters and jumped into the car; me in the back and he in the driver's seat.

"Go!" The other woman cried.

He sped off down the street and away from the screeching, snarling, and thoroughly upset monsters.

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Hope that works

~Rayne